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  2. Close and open harmony - Wikipedia

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    A triad in close harmony has compact spacing, while one in open harmony has wider spacing. Close harmony or voicing can refer to both instrumental and vocal arrangements. It can follow the standard voice-leading rules of classical harmony, as in string quartets or Bach chorales, or proceed in parallel motion with the melody in thirds or sixths .

  3. Harmony - Wikipedia

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    Harmony. Barbershop quartets, such as this US Navy group, sing 4-part pieces, made up of a melody line (normally the lead) and 3 harmony parts. In music, harmony is the concept of combining different sounds together in order to create new, distinct musical ideas. [1] Theories of harmony seek to describe or explain the effects created by ...

  4. Musical composition - Wikipedia

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    Musical composition can refer to an original piece or work of music, [ 1] either vocal or instrumental, the structure of a musical piece or to the process of creating or writing a new piece of music. People who create new compositions are called composers. Composers of primarily songs are usually called songwriters; with songs, the person who ...

  5. Romantic music - Wikipedia

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    Romantic music is a stylistic movement in Western Classical music associated with the period of the 19th century commonly referred to as the Romantic era (or Romantic period). It is closely related to the broader concept of Romanticism —the intellectual, artistic, and literary movement that became prominent in Western culture from about 1798 ...

  6. Bohemian Rhapsody - Wikipedia

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    Bohemian Rhapsody. " Bohemian Rhapsody " is a song by the British rock band Queen, released as the lead single from their fourth studio album, A Night at the Opera (1975). Written by lead singer Freddie Mercury, the song is a six-minute suite, [4] notable for its lack of a refraining chorus and consisting of several sections: an intro, a ballad ...

  7. Beethoven's compositional method - Wikipedia

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    Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827) was a German composer in the transition between the classical and romantic period. He composed in many different forms including nine symphonies, five piano concertos, and a violin concerto. [1] Beethoven's method of composition has long been debated among scholars.

  8. Harmony (musical) - Wikipedia

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    Harmony is a stage musical with music by Barry Manilow and book and lyrics by Bruce Sussman.The musical tells the true story of the Comedian Harmonists, an ensemble of six young men in 1920s Germany who took the world by storm with their blend of sophisticated close harmonies and uproarious stage antics, until their inclusion of Jewish singers put them on a collision course with history.

  9. List of narrative techniques - Wikipedia

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    Definition Example Setting: The setting is both the time and geographic location within a narrative or within a work of fiction. The setting initiates the main backdrop and mood of a story, often referred to as the story world. The novel Ulysses by James Joyce is set in Dublin, Ireland, over the course of a single day, 16 June 1904.